Record ID: NMGW-6DF44D
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable medieval padlock of 12th or 13th century date The padlock has broken through a perforation in the arm and is missing the bar (with a length of 34.3mm, a height of 31.8mm and a weight of 18.4g). The cylinder is faceted on the exterior, with an opening on the underside and a groove at the top of the sides. The interior has an oval opening, now distorted at the mouth (10.6mm x 8.2mm and 0.6mm - 1.3mm thick). Within the mouth is a plate (4mm inside), with a vertical bar, dividing the cylinder. Above the cylinder is an integral, rectangular-sectioned flange (3.0m…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A47819
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete distorted copper alloy needle of uncertain date, likely Medieval to Post Medieval. The needle is missing the upper half of its head, which is broken across the eye. The needle shank has an oval section tapering to flattened oval towards the head, which has a flat section 1.5mm thick. The needle is broken across the 4.5mm wide lozengiform eye, which has a surviving internal diameter of 1.9mm and appears to have been punched. The needle is distorted into a c. 90-degree curve from the head to about half its length, with a second perpendicular bend at c. one-third of the nee…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-29B857
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The mount is complete and was attached by two perforated and rounded side lugs (6.0mm long, 6.6mm wide and 1.8mm thick), and secured by separate rivets through carefully drilled holes (2.2mm diameter). The mount is three-dimensional, of rounded conical form and with a hollow interior. The sides of the cone are slightly convex. At the apex is an openwork cross and elsewhere the mount is decorated with incised chevrons, some of which are cut deeply into the mount. The underside of the mount is flat and the interior remains as cast. Remnant traces of gilding survive in the incised decora…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ouarley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW3201
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably part of a cast copper alloy strap-type box mount. The mount is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with a central perforation and what appears to be a tapering terminal or knop but is where the mount has been broken. It is gilded on its upper surface and decorated with four probably white glass, rather than pearl, beads inset into the four corners of the main plate. Microscopic examination suggests that the underside of the mount was not gilded. Length 34mm, width 11mm, thickness 3.5mm, weight 3.9grams. Although it has not been possible to find a close parallel in the arch…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9D6A15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative mount, probably from a strap or belt and of Medieval date, possibly from the 11th or 12th century. The mount is rectangular with dimensions of 26.9mm by 22.8mm, a maximum thickness of 4.0mm and a weight of 5.8g. The mount has an openwork design depicting a standing figure beside a quadruped animal, possibly a lion and a bird perched on the back of the beast. The scene is Romanesque in style and may be allegorical. The scene is enclosed by an incised border. At each corner of the mount is an attachment hole.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-6D6C36
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy decorated with a ring and dot motif. All sides are abraded, making it difficult to determine edges from breaks. The piece is broadly rectangular with two wasted opposing edges. There are the remnants of a protrusion at right angles to the sides at one corner. The reverse has no decoration and the fragment is gently convex in profile. There is a possibility the piece is a buckle fragment of ‘simple frame with plate’ form, the protrusion at the corner representing the beginning of the buckle frame and the wasted sides representing both the hole for the pin a…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-742E38
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy armorial mount of Medieval date, probably dating from the 12th – 14th century. The mount is flat and shield shaped. Remnants of red enamel survive over much of the surface, with the suggestion of a horizontal enamelled band, probably containing green enamel. The decoration over the face of the mount probably consisted of rows of enamelled crossed diagonals forming repeating lozenges. Between each crossed diagonal is a shorter linear, which does not connect with another. A linear band inte…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-310D27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy Romanesque mount from a piece of devotional metalwork, possibly from a reliquary box or crucifix of 12th or 13th century date. The mount has broken at the neck and is damaged around the nose and mouth, in addition to having lost the original surface. The mount depicts the head of Christ wearing a crown with three lobes. The eyes are perforated and are likely to have held small blue glass beads. The mouth appears down-turned and there is the suggestion of facial hair above the mouth, suggesting Christ was depicted with a beard. The tear at the base of the mount is …
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-98EDE1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy three dimensional mount probably depicting a lion or similar, and was likely to have been attached to the lid of a small box. Traces of gilding survive on areas of the mount. The base is rectangular and open at the centre. At the rear is a trefoil leaf terminal with a perforation for attachment. There was likely to have been another terminal at the front, which has broken across two small perforations. The beast is simply cast with a wide neck and incised lines depicting a mane. The body is more slender at the point where the mane ends and there are also connecting st…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-477072
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount of mid to late 14th century date The mount is of domed, sexfoil form, secured with a single separate rivet through a central hole, now missing (with a maximum width of 13.8mm, an overall depth of 3.9mm, a thickness of 0.1mm and a weight of 0.5g). Each the petals of the sexfoil are formed by pressed radiating grooves. The centre is raised with a circular aperture (of 1.7mm diameter) to accommodate the missing rivet. The surface has a dark-green patina. Belt mounts of similar form and type were recovered from excavations in London (Egan & Pritcha…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-980EE9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy looped mount of 14th or 15th century date The looped mount has an attachment mount and a separate sub-circular ring (with an overall length of 39.9mm and a weight 9.5g). The mount comprises a square plate (16.2mm long and 16.5mm wide) with a single circular-sectioned attachment rivet. The loop (with a depth of 10.1mm) has straight sides (with a width of 7.3mm and a thickness of 2.0mm) and has a pointed terminal. The ring 15.1mm x 16.5mm) is circular sectioned (3.3mm diameter). No decoration is discernible on the mount. The surface is corroded with a dark-gre…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-E541AD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount probably dating to the 2nd half of the 14th century The belt mount is complete and is of bar-mount form and has two smaller terminal lobes, flanking a central lobe (with a length of 16.4mm and a weight of 1.3g). The two smaller terminal lobes (4.9 & 5.0mm wide and 2.7mm deep) are perforated to take separate attachment rivets for securing the mount, one of which remains in place (1.0mm diameter and 3.6mm long). The central domed lobe (with a width of 11.0mm and a depth of 3.6mm) is decorated with four closely-spaced incised grooves, forming fine ribs…
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9008DA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount, possibly of medieval date The mount is complete (with a length of 30.4mm and a weight of 2.5g). The mount is widest at one end (at 14.4mm), which is straight and enhanced with diagonal grooves. The central area of the mount is flat sectioned (1.8mm thick), decorated with two, different sized apertures (5.5mm and 3.1mm diameter), around which the edges are serrated. The mount narrows to a terminal, globular knop (5.8mm wide and 3.2mm thick). The surface has a mid-green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-49A742
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative anthropomorphic mount, probably of medieval to post medieval date The cast mount is complete and is comparatively small (with a length of 35.1mm and a weight of 7.5g). The mount is cast in the round (with a maximum thickness of 5.7mm) and appears to be of anthropomorphic form with a head depicted on each end. There is no detail or applied decoration on either head. The figures are depicted differently around the body, where one figure appears swathed in garments forming a swirl around one of the two attachment holes (2.5mm diameter). The other figure appears…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-F8EBA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount probably dating to the 2nd half of the 14th century The belt mount is complete and is of bar-mount form and has two smaller terminal lobes, flanking a central lobe (with a length of 18.1mm and a weight of 1.0g). The two smaller terminal lobes (4.8mm & 5.0mm wide and 1.8mm deep) are perforated to take separate attachment rivets for securing the mount, one of which remains in place (1.4mm diameter and 3.6mm long). The central domed lobe (with a width of 9.1mm and a depth of 3.2mm) has a circular perforated (3.2mm diameter) but it is unclear whether …
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-DFC5D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount The mount is of domed form and is incomplete missing one of the terminals and rivets (with a surviving length of 16.6mm and a weight of 2.6g). The mount was attached using two integral rivets, one of which survives (with a length of 4.2mm, giving the mount an overall depth of 8.5mm). The Mount was oval (with a maximum width of 10.1mm) with a flat border and an oval domed centre. The rear of the mount is slightly dished. No applied decoration survives on the surface, which has a dark green patina.
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4766D9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy heraldic mount of 13th or 14th century date The mount is of shield-shaped form and is complete but with a slight distortion (with a length of 35.8mm, a width of 29.7mm, a thickness of 2.2mm and a weight of 13.7g). The mount was attached by a single integral rivet on the reverse which has been folded for attachment (with a height of 3.6mm and an overall depth of 7.0mm). The face is decorated with a recessed lion rampant containing traces of red enamel. The head is unusual and appears to be recumbent and may possibly have been horned. No trace of applied colou…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-47130D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount of late 13th to mid 15th century date The mount is of domed, sexfoil form with two separate rivets and central hole (with a maximum width of 13.3mm, an overall depth (including rivets) of 4.3mm, a depth (not including rivets) of 2.6mm, a thickness of 0.2mm and a weight of 0.4g). Each the petals of the sexfoil are formed by pressed radiating grooves. At the centre is a raised boss with an off-centre aperture (of 3.4mm diameter). Both rivets remain in place (with a length of 3.9mm) and have domed heads. A sheet metal washer remains in place on one r…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-47010B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The mount is teardrop shaped and plano-convex in section. The rounded end of the mount is decorated with a single longitudinal cleft, while the pointed end is slightly expanded. Much of the original surface is lost, so surface treatments or decoration are indiscernible. The Surface is now largely covered by green corrosion product. The reverse is undecorated and bears two round sectioned spikes for attachment. The spikes have been bent roughly 90 degrees, likely to attach them. This mount likely once formed decoration for a …
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tormarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A81DD8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic mount, possibly a Romanesque lion mount from a processional cross of 12th or 13th century date The cast mount is incomplete, missing the front leg, tail and eyes (with a length of 37.1mm, a depth of 15.6mm and a weight of 12.1g). The lion mount is depicted in the round, in side profile, with the head turned to the side and projecting outwards. The sub-spherical head is disproportionately small (with a diameter of 8mm) and has small ears, projecting upwards slightly, one of which is now lost. The eyes are depicted by circular recesses, which may have held glass settings…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A9AB61
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-type mount probably from a chest, casket or similar of 13th or 14th century date The mount is fragmentary, represented by an end fragment (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 4.5g). The terminal has a finger-knop of D-shaped section (7.5mm long, 2.9mm wide and 2.5mm thick) adjacent to a circular attachment hole (3.5mm diameter) around diagonal side grooves, suggesting a vegetal decoration. Deeper grooves flank a thicker section of the mount, which is rectangular sectioned (8.2mm wide and 3.5mm thick). The mount is faceted again before the…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1F836
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper pendent loop of 13th or 14th century date The pendent loop is complete but the attachment bar mount is lost (with a surviving length of 15.4mm and a weight of 0.6g). The loop is of quatrefoil form (13.2mm wide) and the frame is rectangular-sectioned (1.5mm wide and 2.1mm thick). The bar at the apex is of sub-rectangular section and has adhering iron corrosion, perhaps suggesting an iron bar mount. The surface has a dark-green patina. The pendent loop can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London from mid to late 14th century context (Egan …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 224', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-148C99
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy terminal probably a mount The mount is incomplete, missing the attachment end and with a damaged terminal (with a surviving length of 27.4mm, a thickness of 1.7mm and a weight of 2.3g). The object has broken through a perforation, probably for attachment but possibly decorative, positioned off-centre. The sides are straight and parallel (22.0mm wide), before converging immediately before the trefoil terminal. There is punched ring-and-dot decorative motif, near the centre and above the terminal. The trefoil or fleur-de-lys terminal has lost one of the lobes.…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-116344
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description The reported object is a cast silver bar mount for a belt. It has plain solid arms (with flat backs), a large central lobe and smaller end lobes, the latter perforated for rivets, each lobe separated from its arms by a plain transverse moulding. No trace of gilding is visible, although the object has been heavily cleaned/polished by the finder. Overall length 23.6mm; thickness 0.9mm; maximum diameter of lobe 7.5mm; weight 0.76g. Summary and conclusions In terms of size and design, the bar mount is of thirteenth- or fourteenth-century date, being represe…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-79D21E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver mount, bearing two incomplete inscriptions engraved against a recessed diagonally hatched background (?for enamel or niello). It reads null ce.. / bien in Black Letter script. There are two incomplete rivet holes, suggesting that it once formed part of a composite object. Maximum height 24.6mm; maximum width 18mm; minimum width 16.8mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 4.04g. The object fragment has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. In terms of design and style of lettering, the mount is probably of late fifteenth-century in date. The motto app…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F2F4DD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount probably dating to the 2nd half of the 14th century The belt mount is complete and is of bar-mount form and has two smaller terminal lobes, flanking a central lobe (with a length of 18.2mm and a weight of 1.8g). The two smaller terminal lobes (5.8 & 6.2mm wide and 2.5mm deep) are perforated to take separate attachment rivets for securing the mount, both of which remains in place (1.4mm diameter and 3.5mm & 4.0mm long). The central domed lobe (with a width of 9.8mm and a depth of 4.8mm) has a central indentation at the apex, which does not appear t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-31DE9D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Copper alloy hinged mount of c. 13th -15th century date The mount is of rectangular form and is missing the hinged component (56.3mm long, 12.8mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighing 8.1g). The hinge is formed by folding the sheet plate, with an iron axis bar (5.0mm deep) and slot to accommodate the corresponding part of the hinge. A separate dome-headed rivet secured the end of the folded hinge and protrudes further, probably a fixing to secure the mount (6.6mm long). The sides of mount are now slightly concave, probably from corrosion and wear. The mount terminal is perforat…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DB6A15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount, probably of Medieval date, c 13th to 15th century The cast mount is of annular form and is near-complete, (with a diameter of 34.9mm – 35.4mm and a weight of 10.0g). The circular frame is of rectangular section (2.4mm thick and 5.4mm – 7.2mm wide, producing an internal diameter of 22mm). One face of the mount is decorated with six integral and raised pellets (2.7mm diameter and 1.0mm high), some now corroded and worn. The pellets are within slightly raised sub-circular platforms. Midway between the platforms are subtle concave mouldings. The mo…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DD9BDD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt bar mount of 13th or 14th century date The cast mount has terminal lobes and a central opening and is complete (with a length of 31.0mm and a weight of 4.8g). The terminals are slightly expanded (with a width of 7.5mm and a thickness of 3.6mm) with a central aperture (3.3mm diameter). Each lobe retains the dome-headed copper alloy attachment rivet (8.7mm long, 2.0mm shaft diameter and 3.5mm head diameter). The short bars (4mm long) are of triangular section (6.5mm wide and 3.5mm thick), leading to the central lobe. The larger central lobe is circular …
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-07119B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-tin alloy decorative mount, probably of late medieval date, c. 14th or 15th century The cast mount is of annular, ring-form (with an external diameter of 15.0mm, an internal diameter of 15.4mm and a weight of 3.9g). The ring is of U-shaped section (with a width of 4.9mm and a maximum thickness of 5.2mm), hollowed on the rear. The face is decorated with a series of raised cast pellets. There are no obvious attachment holes on the ring mount and it is possible that there were integral rivets, now damaged and lost. The surface is corroded with a dark-grey patina. Similar …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-BAA441
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount of Medieval date (AD 1270-1350). The bar mount is 22.7mm long with terminal lobes on each end and a central lobe. Rivets preserve on each terminal lobe (with an overall depth of 4.8mm). The central lobe is perforated by a hole with an internal diameter of 3.8mm and external diameter of 6.7mm. The bar is 2.3mm thick and tapers slightly towards the terminal lobes (3.7mm thick near the central lobe, 2.9mm thick before terminal lobe). The surface of the bar is decorated with a gently sloping central ridge and transverse incised lines. The reverse is flat,…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0B4A0B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount The cast mount is incomplete and distorted (with a length of 76.6mm, a straightened length of 78.4mm and a weight of 16.1g). The terminals have projecting knops of D-shaped section before the attachment perforations (of 3.5mm and 4.1mm diameter) and are marked by edge faceting to define the terminals. The arms were of Sub-triangular section, now worn and corroded (with a width of 9.8mm and a thickness of 3.4mm). At the centre is a square panel (12mm square and 3.0mm thick) with damaged projections on one side, possibly originally forming a loop (givi…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A43EEE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar mount with a central lobe and non-integral rivets of medieval date (c. 1150-1450 AD). The mount is cast in one piece, with a central domed lobe decorated by three transverse grooves. The reverse of the central lobe is concave. The two terminal lobes are slightly rounded, with circular 2.2-2mm rivets fixed flush with the front of each lobe, projecting slightly from the back.  No’s. 1160 and 1161 in Egan and Pritchard (2002, pgs. 213-214, plate 134) are very similar in form, although with different decoration. The object has a dark patina with encrustin…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A4259D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lozenge shaped mount, with separate rivet and rove, dating to the medieval period (c. 1250-1450 AD). The head is formed by lozenge shaped (17.9mm long, 14.7mm wide) sheet of copper alloy pressed into a domed head, with concentric lozenge decoration. The separate rivet is fixed centrally, and still bears a separate circular rove internally. The edges of the very thin sheet copper alloy head are badly damaged and fragmentary. Length: 17.9mm Width: 14.7mm Thickness: 3.7mm Weight: 0.56g
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1C6F35
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hinged mount, probably a harness pendant suspension mount of medieval date The cast mount is near-complete (with a length of 33.5mm and a weight of 5.8g) and is of D-shaped section with straight side, widening towards the hinged end (with a width at the apex of 7.3mm and a thickness of 4.3mm and a width of 11.7mm and a thickness of 4.4mm at the hinged end) and is rounded at the apex. The convex face is decorated with transverse ribbing and the mount was attached using two iron rivets, the upper of which remains in place. The flat rear face is not decorated. It is likely…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7EFFA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy mount of late Early Medieval to Medieval date, likely dating from the 11th to earlier 13th century in date. The mount is complete apart from the two non-integral rivets, which survive as stumps. The mount is flat in section (excepting the rivets) and roughly a wide shield shape in plan, with a near flat top and sides that curve smoothly down to the lowest point. The top edge of the mount is very slightly concave and measures 29.4mm between its rounded corners. The sides curve out slightly below the top corners giving the maximum width of the mount (30…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-525A32
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy enameled mount of mid-12th to mid-14th century date The mount is near-complete but is now folded and is of trilobed form. The mount form and decoration suggest that it was intended to flank a central plate to its right, probably with a similar mount flanking the central plate on the left. The right edge of the mount is straight and vertical but with a concave arc at both the top and basal corners. The top and basal edges are rounded and define the trilobed left edge. The mount was attached using five attachment rivets positioned around the edges. The decoration o…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EAE699
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a mount or weight in the form of a heraldic shield, of uncertain date although likely Medieval in date (c. 1350-1500) The object is in the form of a heater escutcheon, decorated in cast relief quarterly: 1 and 4 a bend; 2 and 3 a fret. While no tinctures are visible, but the charges and findspot make it very likely to be the arms of the Despenser family. The object is slightly bent, with an undecorated concave reverse unusual to weights of this type, which tend towards having flat bases that overlap the decorated front. Three holes have been roughly p…
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-49C102
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-medieval copper alloy decorated plate probably of 11th or 12th century date. The flat plate is fragmentary, with an intact top edge but with all other edges broken in antiquity (with a surviving length of 31.6mm, a surviving width of 21.4mm and a weight of 3.8g). The late has a uniform thickness (of 1.2mm) and the rear of the plate is not decorated. The surviving part of the top edge (24.2mm long) is undamaged and has an outer-grooved border, inside of which is a decorated strip within a border. The strip has a symmetrical device of a stylised dolphin'…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0D6053
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. One half of an incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy mirror case, probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. The fragment has the single lug present and is missing the hinge end. The face is decorated with double lines of opposed triangles, probably formed using a roulette. Four curving arcs around the sides define a rounded cross with an additional line running between the lug and hinge. The interior has areas of possible adhesive residue from the attachment of the mirror to the case.
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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